Dubitative Pronouns

Dubitative pronouns for people or things

Observation

ᒑᐧᑳᒋᒑ ᐆ ᑳ ᒦᒋᔮᓐ᙮

chaakwaachichaa uu kaa miichiyaan.

Whatever could I be eating?

ᐊᐧᐋᒋᒑ ᐅᔮ ᐅᒥᔅᒋᓯᓐ᙮

awaachichaa uyaa umischisin.

Whose shoe could this be?

ᐊᐧᐋᒋᒑawaachichaa and ᒑᐧᑳᒋᒑchaakwaachichaa are made up of the pronouns ᐊᐧᐋᓐawaan and ᒑᐧᑳᓐchaakwaan plus the dubitative inflection. They are used when there is doubt about the person or the thing being discussed. They correspond to English ‘whoever / whatever could s/he/it be’.